I didn’t blog yesterday and I won’t blog today.  There’s a joke in that sentence…a bad one but it’s there.  See if you can spot it.

It sucks.

Honestly…that’s all there is to say.  Canada has a spending problem.  Put the god damned credit card away!

Yes, a Winnipeg doctor refused treatment for a lesbian couple because they like to uhh…well I don’t actually know exactly what lesbians do because I don’t believe pornography to be overtly realistic.  I guess I have a basic idea?  Anyhow, whatever it is lesbians do, (massive bake offs in their bedrooms?) it offends the sensibilities of one backwards woman in Winnipeg who professes to be a doctor.  She came over from Egypt where she says she never had to even consider this type of thing.  Obviously, lesbians are exclusive to the western world and don’t exist in Egypt.

So here’s the rub.  I don’t care if a doctor refuses to treat some one because of their sexual orientation.  Well actually I care and I think it’s ignorant but I don’t think a doctor should have to face government intervention because they don’t like to treat homosexuals.  Unfortunately, in Canada it’s currently necessary because this doctor works in a public system and not a private one.  If we had competing medical services, this wouldn’t be a big problem.

This numb skull seems to think that because she has some backward ideas about the sensibility of sexual freedom, she should be able to pick and choose who she serves as a medical doctor.  I think she should be able to as well…and I would definitely not pick some one as my family doctor who displays such an incredible level of stupidity.  This is one of the best qualities of medical services in a free market.  Douche bags like this either find themselves shut out of the market or with a significantly reduced chance at possible major success in their field.  It’s hard to take some one seriously when they let sexual orientation influence their medical practise.

Lezzies rock on video and in real life, they’re almost as cool as I am.  That is to say, they’re just like every one else.  Stupid doctors who let religious zealotry influence their medical career are not nearly as cool as the rug munchers and need to be set free…into a wood chipper.

Hat tip to Laura because local news isn’t nearly as cool as her.

Montreal is considering passing a bylaw that would see insults directed at police officers outlawed.

Uhh…no?

The chief complaint from police and civic government is that people don’t seem to respect the police, especially when the bars close up and all the people want to do is piss on Mrs. Fillinger’s plastic flamingo.  Seriously, it’s right there and dude’s gotta pee!

People can be downright belligerent to police officers but does that mean naughty insults should be outlawed?  We already have laws that deal with intimidation, threats to one’s life and stuff like that but police in Montreal seem to want to make insults and expressions of a lack of respect illegal.  Frankly, that’s stupid for at least a couple of reasons.

I really don’t think anyone should be prosecuted for something they say.  Calling a cop a doughnut muncher or pig…fornicator really is pointless.  It’s so pointless that I’ve never really seen any reason for it despite how poorly I tend to get along with officers of the law.  Certainly if I ever swore at a cop, I don’t think him writing up a fine for me would make me respect him or her any more than I already do.

So aside from my belief that people shouldn’t be fined for vocalizing in whatever manner they wish to, I also think this legislation is totally disconnected from reality.  Police claim they simply want to encourage respect but anyone worth their salt knows that respect needs to be earned.  Respect is not something that can be ordered or even requested to be bought into existence.  Respect is given if one demonstrates an honourable and dependable character on a consistent basis.

Frankly, this kind of thing enforces my perception that police think differently than those of us without a badge.  If some one simply tells you that you need to respect them because they demand it of you, are they really worthy of anything even resembling what they have demanded of you?

Nope.

A good laugh can usually be derived from the minor misfortune of others. H hates it when I laugh at her for something like tripping over the dog but hey, funny is funny. The following video struck me as hilarious.

Now the reason I’m blogging about it rather than just chuckling and moving on is because there’s a downer aspect to it which I object to. Not the video itself I mean. The video is great aside from the donkey laugh from the guy who’s filming. No, the downer came from someone else who saw the video.

It may be funny, but did you think of all the powder being blown forcefully up her nose and into her mouth? Did the prankster think of the choking possibility? Obviously not.

There are inherent dangers in pranks such as this. The powder could have super-heated because of the heating element within the blow dryer and burned her terribly. It could have coated her lungs because maybe she took an unsuspecting breath while it was coming at her.

Pranks like this just prove how absolutely foolish some people are, those people deserve to win Darwin awards for putting others in jeopardy.

Ugh.  Ok seriously, this person needs to just lighten up a little and she’s a flower child like my parents.  Flower children are supposed to be a little more free spirited than this aren’t they?  I mean, there are inherent dangers to most anything we do and every so often, yeah you’ll read a news story about how some practical joke went horribly wrong.  After the oohing and awwing is over regarding how terribly unfortunate it was for Spunky Brewster to die with his testicles wrapped in a sandwich bag head first in a pig’s uterus, people move on.

Welcome to the human condition.  It can be funny, dangerous, exciting and lame…sometimes all nearly at the same time.  Terrible things can happen and sometimes they do.  Try and be sensible but hey, when it becomes apparent that a room mate has lived his last days with a firearm under his pillow and one eye open ever watchful for the girl he powdered, there’s a humour quality to that.

Laugh, enjoy and lighten up people.  Well, unless you’re the guy in that video.  A change of address may very well be necessary for the next couple of weeks anyway.